US EPA, Pesticide Product Label, PRISTINE FUNGICIDE, 06/04/2012
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460 OFFICE OF CHEMICAL SAFETY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION Dr. Khalid H. Akkari BASF Corporation, Agricultural Products JUN 0 4 2012 26 Davis Drive P.O. Box 13528 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Subject: Pristine Fungicide EPA Reg. No. 7969-199 Your letter dated April 13, 2012 EPA Decision Number: 464483 Dear Dr. Akkari: The master labeling and supplemental labeling referred to above, submitted in connection with registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, to add a restriction for use on blueberries in California, is acceptable. Stamped copies of the master and supplemental label "Accepted" are enclosed for your records. These labels supersede all other previously accepted labels. Please submit one copy of the final printed labels before the product is released for shipment. If you have any questions please contact Heather Garvie by phone at: 703-308-0034 or via email at: [email protected] . Sincerely, Marcel Howard Acting Product Manager (20) Fungicide Branch (7504P) Registration Division BASF I Group Fungicide The Chemical Company ACCEPTED JUN 0 4 2012 Under the Federal insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, for the pesticide registered under EFA Reg No PristinFUNGICIDeE For use in disease control and plant health in the following crops: berries, bulb vegetables, carrots, celery, cotton, cucurbit vegetables, dry beans, grapes, hops, leafy greens, leafy petioles, peanuts, pistachios, pome fruits, soybeans, spinach, stone fruits, strawberries, tree nuts, and tropical fruits Active Ingredients: pyraclostrobin: (carbamic acid, [2-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)- 1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]methyl]phenyl]methoxy-, methyl ester) 12.8% boscalid: 3-pyridinecarboxamide,2-chloro-N-(4'-chloro(1,1'-biphenyl)-2-yl)- .... 25.2% Other Ingredients: 62.0% Total: 100.0% 0.128 oz (0.008 Ib) of pyraclostrobin in 1 oz of Pristine 0.252 oz (0.0158 Ib) of boscalid in 1 oz of Pristine EPA Reg No. 7969-199 EPA Est. No. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN CAUTION/PRECAUCION Si usted no entiende la etiqueta, busque a alguien para que se la explique a usted en detalle. (If you do not understand the label, find someone to explain it to you in detail.) See inside for complete First Aid, Precautionary Statements, Directions For Use, Conditions of Sale and Warranty, and state-specific crop and/or use site restric- tions. In case of an emergency endangering life or property involving this product, call day or night, 1-800-832-HELP (4357). Net Contents: BASF Corporation 26 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 X FIRST AID • Take off contaminated clothing. If on skin or clothing • Rinse skin immediately with plenty of water for 15 to 20 minutes. • Call a poison control center or doctor for treatment advice. • Call a poison control center or doctor immediately for treatment advice. • Have person sip a glass of water if able to swallow. If swallowed • DO NOT induce vomiting unless told to do so by a poison control center or doctor. • DO NOT give anything by mouth to an unconscious person. • Hold eyes open and rinse slowly and gently with water for 15 to 20 minutes. If in eyes • Remove contact lenses, if present, after first 5 minutes; then continue rinsing eyes. • Call a poison control center or doctor for treatment advice. • Move person to fresh air. • If person is not breathing, call 91 1 or an ambulance; then give artificial respiration, preferably If inhaled by mouth to mouth, if possible. • Call a poison control center or doctor for further treatment advice. HOTLINE NUMBER Have the product container or label with you when calling a poison control center or doctor or going for treatment. You may also contact BASF Corporation for emergency medical treatment information: 1-800-832-HELP (4357). Precautionary Statements USER SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS Hazards to Humans and Domestic Animals Users should: • Wash hands before eating, drinking, chewing gum, CAUTION. Harmful if swallowed or absorbed through using tobacco, or using the toilet. skin. Causes moderate eye irritation. Avoid contact with • Remove clothing/PPE immediately if pesticide gets skin, eyes or clothing. inside. Then wash thoroughly and put on clean cloth- ing. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) • Remove PPE immediately after handling this product. Some materials that are chemically resistant to this prod- Wash the outside of gloves before removing. As soon uct are listed below. For more options, refer to Category as possible, wash thoroughly and change intc cban A on an EPA chemical-resistance category selection chart. clothing. Prolonged or frequently repeated skin contact may cause allergic reaction in some individuals. Environmental Hazards Applicators and other handlers must wear: DO NOT apply directly to water, areas where surface • Long-sleeved shirt and long pants water is present, or intertidal areas below thfe mean high • Chemical-resistant gloves made of any waterproof water mark. DO NOT contaminate water when < lisoosing material (such as nitrile, butyl, neoprene, and/or of equipment washwaters or rinsate. barrier laminate) Surface Water Advisory • Shoes plus socks This product may contaminate water through drift of spray Follow the manufacturer's instructions for cleaning and in wind. This product has a potential for runcft for several maintaining PPE. If no such instructions for washables months or more after application. Poorly draining soils and exist, use detergent and hot water. Keep and wash PPE soils with shallow water tables are more prone to produce separately from other laundry. runoff that contains this product. A level, well-maintained vegetative buffer strip between areas to which this product Engineering Controls Statement is applied and surface water features such as ponds, When handlers use closed systems, enclosed cabs, or air- streams and springs will reduce the potential for contami- craft in a manner that meets the requirements listed in the nation of water from rainfall runoff. Runoff of this product Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for agricultural pesti- will be reduced by avoiding applications when rainfall is cides [40 CFR 170.240(d)(4-6)], the handler PPE require- forecast to occur within 48 hours. Sound erosion control ments may be reduced or modified as specified in the practices will reduce this product's contribution to surface WPS. water contamination. This pesticide is toxic to fish and aquatic invertebrates. Drift and runoff may be hazardous to aquatic organisms in water adjacent to treated areas. Directions For Use STORAGE AND DISPOSAL (continued) It is a violation of federal law to use this product in a man- Container Handling ner inconsistent with its labeling. DO NOT apply this prod- Nonrefillable Container. DO NOT reuse or refill this uct in a way that will contact workers or other persons, container. Triple rinse or pressure rinse container either directly or through drift. Only protected handlers (or equivalent) promptly after emptying; then offer for may be in the area during application. For any require- recycling, if available, or reconditioning, if appropriate, or ments specific to your state or tribe, consult the agency puncture and dispose of in a sanitary landfill, or by incin- responsible for pesticide regulation. eration, or by other procedures approved by state and local authorities. AGRICULTURAL USE REQUIREMENTS Triple rinse containers small enough to shake Use this product only in accordance with its labeling and (capacity ^ 50 pounds) as follows. Empty the remain- with the Worker Protection Standard, 40 CFR part 170. ing contents into application equipment or a mix tank. Fill This standard contains requirements for the protection the container 1/4 full with water and recap. Shake for of agricultural workers on farms, forests, nurseries, and 10 seconds. Pour rinsate into application equipment or a greenhouses, and handlers of agricultural pesticides. It mix tank, or store rinsate for later use or disposal. Drain contains requirements for training, decontamination, for 10 seconds after the flow begins to drip. Repeat this notification, and emergency assistance. It also contains procedure two more times. specific instructions and exceptions pertaining to the Triple rinse containers too large to shake statements on this label about personal protective (capacity > 50 pounds) as follows. Empty the remain- equipment (PPE), notification to workers and restricted- ing contents into application equipment or a mix tank. Fill entry interval. The requirements in this box only apply to the container 1/4 full with water. Replace and tighten uses of this product that are covered by the Worker closures. Tip container on its side and roil it back and Protection Standard. forth, ensuring at least one complete revolution, for DO NOT enter or allow worker entry into treated areas 30 seconds. Stand the container on its end and tip it during the restricted-entry interval (REI) of 12 hours for back and forth several times. Turn the container over all crop uses except when performing cane tying, cane onto its other end and tip it back and forth several times. turning or cane girdling on grapes. The REI is 5 days for Empty the rinsate into application equipment or a mix treated grapes when conducting cane tying, cane turn- tank, or store rinsate for later use or disposal. Repeat this ing or cane girdling. procedure two more times. PPE required for early entry to treated areas that is per- Pressure rinse as follows: Empty the rema:r.:r.g mitted under the Worker Protection Standard and that contents into application equipment or mix tan';. Hold involves contact with anything that has been treated, ontainer upside down over application equipment or mix such as plants, soil, or water, is: tank, or collect rinsate for later use or disposal, insert • Coveralls oressure rinsing nozzle in the side of the container and • Chemical-resistant gloves, made of any waterproof inse at about 40 PSI for at least 30 seconds.